Quincy Fla.

Past Producer in Gadsden county in Florida, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068437
MRDS ID W001495
Record type Site
Current site name Quincy Fla.
Related records 10167164

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.5563, 30.67827 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gadsden(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dogtown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bainbridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tallahassee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Ochlockonee(hydrologic unit)

Ochlockonee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ochlockonee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Gadsden

Comments on the location information

  • Quincy, Fl
  • 1:250000 QUADRANGLE INFORMATION : NH 16-6 TALLAHASSEE, FLA., GA., ALA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Fuller'S Earth

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Ore
Attapulgite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.5563, 30.67827

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sand And Clay

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Comments on the workings information

  • Plant Was Inactive In 1970

Comments on development

  • FLORIDIN, DIV. PA. GLASS SAND (IT&T) PLANT AT QUINCY FLA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 828 (IN PREP.)

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON PATTERSO

  • Deposit

    Calver, J.L., 1949, Florida Kaolins And Clays: Florida Geological Survey, Information Circular 2, 59 Pp.Calver, J.L., 1949, Florida Kaolins And Clays: Florida Geological Survey, Information Circular 2, 59 Pp.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit This Record Was Compiled For the International Strategic Minerals Inventory. The Data Were Used In Preparation of the USGS Circular 930 Series of Reports. Mineral Resource Categories and Codes Herein Are From the International Classification System Recomm
Deposit SEVERAL FULLER'S EARTH PITS NORTH OF QUINCY ACTIVE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-FEB-1969 Patterson, Sam H. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 04-NOV-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey reformated date column; calculated latitude and longitude in decimal degrees; added Location Precision, Continent, Country, State, Commodity Code, Ore Minerals Code fields; changed Major Commodity fie

Beyond USGS

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